J. Ayo Akinyele, the head of engineering at Ripple, has responded to a significant cryptographic discovery made by Anthropic's Claude AI that reportedly resolved a 25-year-old enigma about the origins of popular cryptographic standards.
The contracts reference Trade.xyz perpetual futures on Hyperliquid and can use Ripple USD as collateral, subject to jurisdictional availability.
Bitwise's XRP ETF has pulled in serious money.
The `fixCleanup3_4_0` amendment addresses a `PaymentBurn` flaw, while three separate amendments needed for the proposed lending system remain below the validator approval threshold.
Two rejections near $1.65 to $1.70 form a possible double top; a recovery into $1.40 to $1.50 would improve the chart setup.
Flows were flat early in the week, then turned negative on Oct. 15 and 16. XRP traded at $1.2893 on Oct. 17.
The XRP Ledger is heading toward an Oct. 23 software upgrade that fixes a peculiar security flaw, one that could let certain authorized accounts create tokens instead of destroying them. Meanwhile, its long-awaited native lending system remains stuck awaiting approval.
Represented assets made up $4.55 billion of the Oct. 17 total, while stablecoins were listed separately at $1.07 billion.
David “JoelKatz” Schwartz said an Android app alert linked to a page requesting a 12- or 24-word recovery phrase.
This week's stories included crypto treasuries, legal drama, AI infrastructure and exchange fundraising. Evernorth showcased its 473 million XRP treasury after listing on Nasdaq, while HEX founder Richard Heart was reportedly detained in Istanbul. Larry Fink warned that halting U.S.
The price was a 9:40 a.m. ET snapshot on Oct. 17; the ETF inflows covered the week ended eight days earlier.
Ripple partners with DriveWealth to integrate RLUSD settlement on XRP Ledger, connecting 100+ brokerage partners to faster global funding.